American psychiatry: a tortured history
Andrew Scull reflects on the history of psychiatry in the US, and the patients who often suffered through destructive treatments
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Show Notes
From the earliest asylums that sold themselves as restorative “retreats”, to the damaging vogue for lobotomies and electric shock therapy, psychiatry in America has gone through many iterations since its origins in the 18th century. Andrew Scull, author of Desperate Remedies, speaks to Rhiannon Davies about the discipline’s complex history.
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